Guides

Guides

Four pages on the decisions between no device and a first smartphone, in the order they usually come up.

A child’s hands turning over a small charcoal device at a kitchen table in evening lightStart hereIs my child ready for a phone?Five questions on independence, screens, and what is prompting the question. A minute, and one of the three answers is yes, buy a phone.Take the checkA child walking home alone along a British street in low evening sunWhat age can a child walk to school alone?No minimum age in law. What schools commonly allow, and how many children travel alone at each age.Read the guideA bicycle against a brick wall with a small device clipped to the handlebar stemWhat comes before a first phoneFour options with what each does and does not do. No brand names. We make one of them.Read the guideTwo children walking home together along a British street in evening lightSetting up a first phoneIf the answer is a phone, the settings that are hard to change afterwards.Read the guide

Yado makes a screenless safety device for children, so we have a commercial interest in this subject. Each page carries its sources, and says where we are inferring rather than reporting.

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